Worst. Perception Management. Ever.

[librechik]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception_management

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The phrase "perception management" has often functioned as a euphemism for "an aspect of information warfare." A scholar in the field notes a distinction between "perception management" and public diplomacy, which "does not, as a rule, involve falsehood and deception, whereas these are important ingredients of perception management; the purpose is to get the other side to believe what one wishes it to believe, whatever the truth may be."[4] The phrase "perception management" is filtering into common use as a synonym for "persuasion."

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The Bush administration had everyone believing Saddam Hussein did 9/11. These Trump incompetent assholes can't even blur the turnout of the inauguration.

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"There are nine strategies for perception management. According to Kegon Thomas, these include:
Preparation – Having clear goals and knowing the ideal position you want people to hold.
Credibility – Make sure all of your information is consistent, often using prejudices or expectations to increase credibility.
Multichannel support – Have multiple arguments and fabricated facts to reinforce your information.
Centralized control – Employing entities such as propaganda ministries or bureaus.
Security – The nature of the deception campaign is known by few.
Flexibility – The deception campaign adapts and changes over time as needs change.
Coordination – The organization or propaganda ministry is organized in a hierarchical pattern in order to maintain consistent and synchronized distribution of information.
Concealment – Contradicting information is destroyed.
Untruthful statements – Fabricate the truth."

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Phillip Zelikow, the guy who wrote the 9/11 Commission Report, has a degree in Perception Management. They teach this stuff in college.

Remember, they claim to invent reality while the rest of us stand by helplessly watching.

[procon]

1. "Fabricate the truth."

Its like Newspeak in Orwell's dystopian novel, "1984", where the totalitarian state wielded ideological propaganda to force people into compliance with the needs of the Party.

[librechik]

2. yeah, but the Trump Team is doing a lousy job--supposed to be a secret operation

they aren't fooling anybody.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. "They teach this stuff in college."

The give out degrees for it... called marketing.

The USA has some of the best propagandists in the world.